Take Time For Road Check Before Biking

Neighborhood News - NORTH ORANGE

Riding a bicycle is a great way to get in shape. But before you take off for a ride, make sure you have checked your helmet, tires and the rules of the road.

The city of Orlando will offer an interactive workshop on May 18 at the Cady Way Trail head at the Fashion Square Mall parking lot off Herndon Avenue to prepare folks before they take to the streets.

The workshop will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Once you're ready to ride, you can join the Florida Freewheelers on bicycle trips on Saturday and May 20 from Oviedo. Helmets are required on all rides.

The activities are part of Orlando's Bikeway 2000's celebration of the completion of the city's 100 miles of bikeways.

To register for the workshops, call 407-246-2775 or visit the Web site www.ci.orlando.fl.us/bikeways

PASSPORT VOYAGE

This summer, children older than 4 can take a voyage on the Passport to History at the Orange County Historical Museum, a variety of day camps that include lessons on archaeology, history, inventions, myths and science.

The sessions begin in June and continue through July.

Registration is required by June 1.

For more information, call Laurie Foster at the museum at 407-897-6350.

ROLLINS GRADUATION

The largest graduating class in the history of Rollins College Hamilton Holt School -- 318 students -- will receive degrees Saturday during a commencement ceremony on the campus' Mills Lawn.

The ceremony will begin at 9 a.m., and David Odahowski, president and chief executive officer of The Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation, will be the keynote speaker.

READY, SET, WALK

Lace up your walking shoes and stretch your limbs. The New Hope Center will sponsor its fifth annual Walk and Roll around Lake Lily in Maitland on Saturday.

Registration will be at 7:30 a.m. at 100 E. Sybelia Ave.

At 8:30 a.m., walkers and wheelchair participants will head south on Maitland Avenue, around Lake Lily and then to the New Hope center for prizes, food and an awards ceremony.

Proceeds from the event will go toward the nonprofit organization, which helps children between the ages of 3 and 18 who have experienced the death of a loved one.

For more information, call (407) 599-0909.

PICNIC IN THE PARK

The Center for Independent Living and Primrose, a couple of nonprofit organizations that help disabled people, will host their seventh annual picnic on Saturday at Fleet Peeples Park, on Lakemont Avenue near the old Orlando Naval Training Center.

The event will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A $5 ticket includes lunch. For more information, call 407-623-1070.